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- From: manfred@edomdo.UUCP (Manfred Dolag)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Tape SCSI medium error (HardFrame/Viper)
- Message-ID: <manfred.01g3@edomdo.UUCP>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 21:28:27 GMT
- References: <1992Jul22.082818.9753@rdg.dec.com>
- Organization: Edotronik GmbH
- Lines: 53
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- In article <1992Jul22.082818.9753@rdg.dec.com> bussink@trucks.enet.dec.com (Erik Bussink) writes:
- >
- >I've got an Amiga 2000 wb2.05 (ks 37.175,wb 37.71), VXL-030 40mhz,
- > HardFrame 1.9 with 2 Seagate hardrive, 8up with 6mb
- > and an Archive Viper 150 (21247-603)
- >
- >This is my Tape information :
- >
- > Drive type Sequential
- > I/O mode Asynchronous
- > Block Type Fixed
- > Auto Tape size Yes
- > Bu buffer (x2) 32k (would it make a different if I
- > RS buffer 32k increase the buffers ?)
- > Auto retension off
- > Tape Append on
- > Device HardFrame.device
- > SCSI ID 5 (It's external and terminated)
- > Block Size 512
- > Tape Size not given
- > MaxTransfer 128 (Blocks)
- >
- > When I want to backup to the Viper, it starts to read the directory of
- > the harddisk and start to write the information to the tape (tape
- > movement)(I guess it just wrote the index to the tape), then it rewinds
- > the tape (rewind message) and then stops with this message :
- > "Error writing to backup tape. SCSI: Medium Error".
- > If I test it with another program it says "Tape Error #3 (Medium Error)"
- >
- > I'm sure the streamer is fine, but could it be just an Tape problem ?
- > Even if I erase the tape before hand, and rewind it, it gives the same
- > error. Any clue ?
- >
- > Erik Bussink
- > bussink@trucks.enet.dec.com
-
- --
- Hello,
- i think it is just a medium problem.
- all streamers are very sensitiv in type of medium.
-
- the correct medium should be: DC 6150 ( for example by 3M )
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- Manfred Dolag, Edotronik GmbH (ECG018), Tel. +49 89 404093, FAX +49 89 402293
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